Screenshot style breakdown
Sampled from 6 of Howzit UK's App Store screenshots — background, accent and theme, measured by LaunchShots (not something Apple publishes).
#142C1C bg
#34493B
#ECCC24 accent
#FFFFFF text
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About this app
Whether you just landed at Heathrow or you've been in the UK for a decade, HowzitUK was built for exactly where you are right now. Built by South Africans, for South Africans. Every feature designed around the real challenges of expat life in the UK. Terms of Use (EULA): By downloading or using this app, you agree to the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) available at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stgcu/
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What you can learn from Howzit UK
Every shipping app on the App Store has gone through the same decisions you're working through right now: which screenshot goes first, what caption sits over it, which device frame to show, what color the background should be. The 6 screenshots above are Howzit UK's answers to those questions — they're public, they're real, and they made it through Apple's review.
What the numbers say: Howzit UK runs a mixed light-and-dark set where the background shifts from screenshot to screenshot (first shot #142C1C) — each image has to stand on its own, so the captions carry more of the story. The accent colour we picked up, #ECCC24, is the one to reuse for badges, arrows and highlighted words if you borrow this look. Hit Use this style to open the editor with these exact colours and drop your own screenshot in.
Notice the first screenshot in particular. It's the one users see in search results and on the product page, and it's where most apps spend their best caption and tightest design. Look at the proportion of background to phone, where the text sits, what one thing the image is trying to communicate.
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Closest background + accent colours among the listings we've analysed — useful when you want to see the same palette handled by a different team.